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J. M. YOUNG CONTAINER A ril 15, 1936.

Filed Dec. 4, 1924 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS J'OHN Ill. YOUNG, O1 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AEIIIBICAN CAN OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF N EW JERSEY Patented 1 Apr, 15, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs con'ramm Application filed Peeembcr. 4, 1924. Serial No. 753,764.

My present'invention relates to cans and has for a principal object theprovision of an im-v proved hinge construction, -which, though particularly adapted to the interior collar tearing. strip type ofcan, may also be usable in other adaptations-and embodiments.

The invention has particular advantages in connection with tobacco cans of the flattened or poclget type, since it is desirable that the tobacco'be kept from drying out'during storage andshipment, which may best be accomplished by a hermetic closure, and yet a hinge closure is best adapted to the conditions of use of the package after it is received by the consumer, inasmuch as it must be opened and closed many times while the contents are being used. I, therefore, employ a tearing strip 1 in conjunction with an interior collar member and a hmgmg device, in whlch my inventlon 1S embodled, so that the can may be hermet1- cally sealed until the tearing strip is removed,

' the invention will be apparent as it is understood from the following description,

after which it becomes a hinge cover can usable in the ordinary manner.

An important object of the invention is the provision of a hinging device which is adapted to be applied to the container with especial facility and which is highly efiicient in action, as well as inexpensive to manufacture.

Numerous other objects and 'advanta es of tter which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereo In the drawings, I have shown, for illustrative purposes only, a preferred form of my inventlon, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tobacco can in which my invention is embodied Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through the upper part ofthe container, showing clearly the hinge construction and Fig. 3 is a partial perspective view with the hinge parts partially broken away to better illustrate the scoring of the body.

Referring to the drawings more in detail,

the reference character-11 indicates a conof the usual flattened form em ermanent bottom tainer body, ployed for tobacco.- The end 12 is secured to said ody in the usual manner and in the present instance a perma- .nent top 13 is secured in place by means of a seam 14, so that the container is hermetically sealed after it'is packed and the contents rotected from drying out, as might occur i the usual loose hlnge cover were employed. The

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upper part of the bodyvis scored upon lines 15 a'ncl'lfi to set off a tearing strip 17, which terminates in a tongue 18 engageable by a key to tear away the strip-whenit is desired to open the container.

A collar member 19 is disposed within the The hinge, as shown, is applied to the ex .terior of the container within a depression 22 in the container wall and consists of a lower part 23 spot welded at 24 to the body wall, an upper part2?) spot welded at 26 to said wall above the-upper score line 16 anda pintle 27 disposed through oppositely bent hinge lugs 28 and 29, provided respectively upon said lower and upper hinge parts. The pintle 27 is preferably disposed substanti ally at the upper score line 16 and the lower line 15 extends diagonally intothe upper line at 31 at the side of the hinge member opposite the tongue 18 of the tearing strip'whih projects from the side seam 32 of the can.

7 It will now be evident that when the tearing strip 17 is removed, the portion of the body beneath the bin e'is not severed and stock is thus provided or attachmentcof the lower hinge part adjacent the upper score line, which'latter extends across the depressed part 22 of the container wall so that said wall will be severed when the top is opened upon the hinge;v

4 It is though that the invention and many .of its attendant advantages will be understood from the/foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the ing strip beneath the to thereof, and a hinge consisting of a piece di erent from'themetal of the body and applied to the exterior of-thc can body and connected with the body above the line of the tearing strip, and also below the line of the tearing strip, the body having a continuous one-piece wall including said tearing strip as an integral part.

2. A can, com risinga body having a tearing strip exten ing partially thereabout beneath the top, and a hinge having a pintle and secured to said body between the ends of the tearing strip.

3. A can, comprising a body having a tearing strip extending partially thereabout be- "neath the top and formed by upper and lower score lines, the upper score line extending an continuously about the body, and a hinge d isposed between the ends of the tearing strip and having a pintle substantially in alignment withthe upper score line.

4. A can, comprising a body having a tearing strip extending partially thereabout beneath the top and form'edby upper-and lower score lines, t e upper score llne extending continuously about the body, and a hinge disposed on the exterior of the container between & the ends of the tearing strip and having a pintle substantially in alignment with the upper score line.

5. A can, com rising a body having a tearing strip beneat the top thereof and a de- 88 pressed panel on the exterior in the circumferential line of and interrupting said tear strip, and a hinge consisting of a piece 1n dig'erent from the metal of the body and disposed in said depressed panel for hingedly 4 connecting and spacing apart the portion of Y the body above the tearing strip and the part below the tearing stripafter said tearing strip is removed.

6. A can, comprising a body having score lines, one of which extends entirely around thebody and the other of whichextends partially around saidbody and. thence into said first-mentioned score line, and a hinge disposed outside of the tearing strip set oif by said score lines.

7. A can, comprising a body provided with score lines setting off a tearing stri beneath the to thereof, said score lines eing arrange to sever saidstrip before it tears com- I pletely around the body, and a hinge applied to the exterior of the body between the ends of the tearing. strip. p 1 4 8. A can, comprising a body provided with score lines setting off a tearing strip beneath Q the to thereof, said score lines being ar-v range to sever said strip before it tears com- .pletely around the body, anda hinge applied to the exterior of the body between the ends of the tearing strip, said hinge com rising .6 upper and lower members spot welde to the container body and a pintle connecting said members.

9. A can, comprising a body provided with score lines setting off a tearing strip beneath the top thereof, said score lines being arranged to sever said strip before it tears completely around the body and one of said score ilines extending continuously around the body, and a hinge pivoting on an axis near the-last mentioned upper score line.

10. A can, comprising a body provided with upper and lower score lines setting off a tearingstrip beneath the top thereof, said score lines being arranged to sever said strip before it tears completely around the body and one of said score lines extending continuously around the body, and a hinge pivoting substantially upon said upper score line, said hinge comprising upper and lower members spot welded, to the body respectively above and below said upper score line and a pintle connecting said members.

a 11. A can, comprising a body provided with upper and lower score lines setting off a tearing strip beneath the top thereof, said score lines being arranged to sever said strip before it tears completely around the body and one of said score lines extending continuously around the body, and a hinge pivoting substantially upon said upper'score line, said hinge com rising upper and lower members spot weld sd to the body respectively above and below said upper score line and a pintle connectin said members, the lower member being disposed substantially in the plane ofthe tearing strip. 12. Acan,comprisin abody provided with score lines setting 0 a tearing strip beneath the top thereof, said score lines be. ing arranged to sever said strip\ before it tears completely around the body, and separate hin ing means having-a pintle disposed between t e ends of the tearing strip and connecting the portion of the body above said strip with the remainder.

13. A hinge-top can formed with a tearing strip made in one piece -with the body, combined with a continuous collar element within the body and extending the tearing strip, and a hinge element ormed of a separate piece attached to the body at points outside of the areaof the tearing lines so as to hin e the body to the movable top'which is pro uced by the removal of the tearing 

